The Queensland Veterinary Researcher who developed the test that can rapidly check for Chlamydia in Koalas has now advanced the technology to test for Hendra Virus in horses to prevent the spread to humans. 

There have been 7 reported cases of Hendra in humans with a death rate of 57%, however, the virus is almost fatal in horses with an 80% death rate once contracted.

A fire in Oregon has grown to a scathing 483 Kilometres yesterday afternoon, which half the size of the Australian Capital Territory, says United States officials. 

The nicknamed “Bootleg Fire” has caused the evacuation of over 2000 homes and another 5000 are considered at risk. 

There have been no related deaths to the fire as the area is mostly uninhabited.

Brisbane Company and known Liberal Party Donor, Canstruct International, has secured an uncontested contract extension of $180M over the next six months to continue running Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru.

This brings the total revenue from island contracts over the past five years to more than $1.5bn, and even though no new asylum seeker arrivals have been sent to Nauru since 2014, the regime there will cost Australia more than $400m this year.

Young jobseekers are finding themselves working on Queensland farms after years of applying for jobs have been unsuccessful. 

Fuller Agriculture Pruning, says for the first time in more than a decade she was employing a mostly local workforce, with many of them aged under 30.

Mrs Fuller said, "We've always had to rely on international [workers]. This has been a new experience for us, having all these young kids," 

Thomas Barrack, one of the top fund-raisers and chairman of Trump's 2017 inaugural fund for Donald Trump’s election campaign in 2016 has been indicted on charges of violating a law governing lobbyists for foreign interests. 

Barrack has been accused of advancing interests of the UAE and of influencing the foreign policy positions of Trump’s 2016 campaign, and then the foreign policy positions of the U.S. government during Trump’s presidency through April 2018.

Julia Gillard says the sexism she endured as Australia's first female prime minister only worsened during her time in the role. 

This has resulted in women in parliament calling for a code of conduct clearly outlining the behavioural and ethical standards expected from politicians with regard to women in parliament.  

Victoria has extended it’s lockdown by a week after Health officials announced another 13 cases yesterday morning.  ‘

The lockdown was initially scheduled to end at 11:59pm Tuesday, but Premier Daniel Andrews announced it would continue until 11:59pm on July 27.

Queensland Health Authorities announced the Border Closure for South Australia yesterday afternoon due to the increases of COVID-19 cases. 

The Border will close to South Australians from 1am Thursday morning when South Australia will be made  an official commonwealth hotspot.

A Queensland man has escaped Perth’s hotel quarantine by tying several bed sheets to a window. 

The man was denied entry into Queensland after failing to complete his application for a Good-2-Go pass and was sent back to WA, where his entry was refused again and was placed into Hotel Quarantine. 

He has now been charged with failing to comply with a direction and providing false or misleading information.